Emerging Topics in Cachexia
A special issue of Cells (ISSN 2073-4409).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 89
Special Issue Editor
Interests: muscle loss; inflammation; cachexia; sarcopenia; body composition
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cachexia has a deadly impact on disease prognostics, although it continues to be underdiagnosed and does not have an established treatment protocol. Cancer cachexia syndrome is mainly characterized by involuntary body weight loss due to anorexia and skeletal muscle and adipose tissue wasting. This Special Issue aims to publish selected articles related to new strategies to mitigate cachexia, studies that seek to identify the optimum treatment timing, the results of innovative therapies, and new biomarkers, and research that helps to elucidate this intricate syndrome. Furthermore, thoughtful reviews that bring together the most recent evidence on cachexia are welcome.
Dr. Gabriela Salim Ferreira De Castro
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cachexia
- skeletal muscle loss
- adipose tissue loss
- inflammation
- sarcopenia
- cancer
- body composition
- biomarkers
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